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LaFayette, Kentucky

City in Christian County, Kentucky

Air quality

The air at LaFayette

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Clarksville-Montgomery County (TN), 2 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone37Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at LaFayette

None in the last 24 hours; 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.18in

Visibility

How far you can see at LaFayette, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over LaFayette, KentuckyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest LaFayette, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Princeton #1S2005

At a soil climate station/31.9 mi away/615 ft/64 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank503of 692

US-641 at mile 9.601_641_009.6

Beside a road/36.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

HerndonHRNK2

At a cooperative observer's station/3.6 mi away/548 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fort Campbell (AAF), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.0 mi from LaFayette, Kentucky. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 13,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Campbell (AAF), height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 13,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HOPFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT CAMPBELL (AAF)SECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,50020,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTSCT 13,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Campbell (AAF), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HOPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HOP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

73.6 F with a dew point of 60.6 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 13,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Campbell (AAF): temperature 73.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.6, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 13,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HOPFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT CAMPBELL (AAF)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 3,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.6 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 13,000 FTTEMPERATURE 73.6 FDEW POINT 60.6 FSPREAD 13.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEFort Campbell (AAF), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HOPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HOP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Fort Campbell (AAF), north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HOPFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT CAMPBELL (AAF)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFort Campbell (AAF), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HOPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HOP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Campbell (AAF), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Herndon (HRNK2), 3.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Kentucky

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